love of female society; [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

acquaintance and sympathy with the poor; [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]

his preaching; [1]

inequality of his work; [1], [2], [2], [2], [2]

influence of preceding poets; [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]

his reputation at its height; [1], [2]

knowledge of botany; [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

his descriptions of nature; [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

first great realist in verse; [1], [2], [2]

fondness for verbal antithesis; [1], [2]